Group Project on Education: Thinking about the Grades Group 謝嘉原 陳又菁 余蘋芳 楊志懷 林冠樺

Making the Grades Summary Surface Values Consumer Approach The Erosion of Student Quality Control

Comments The grades represent how much we pay on our academic performance Professional skill is required The myth: higher grades → better diploma → profitable job → more money

Why grades rise Students ' better performances Professors ' better teaching High grades →happy students → happy professors

AA A VS A B

Pressure from students. Students' evaluation influence whether the professor can have promotion.

Special case: humanities give higher grades than other faculties. ◦ So much information without consensus. ◦ Humanities courses have the fewest pieces of work to evaluate.

Teacher's Attitude About Grades It should depend on three factors ◦ Exam ◦ Attendance ◦ Work

Students' Attitude They prefer the teacher giving them higher grades and less works But in the class(can get high grades without much efforts), they will put less attendance on it and learn less things